Cookies

I made these felt cookies a while ago but never posted a photo of them. I thought that since I was giving them to Aly with the apples that I should post of photo. That way I'll remember what I made and what they looked like. Aly really liked the felt apples and called the cookies, pancakes with strawberry syrup....so cute. I hope to make more of these in the future and of course I need to make some more so Naomi can have her very own set...I keep giving hers away!

Cheese

Can you tell he has a photographer for a mother and everyone knows it! This is one of his birthday presents from my sister!

Felt Pizza

We went to a birthday party on Saturday for a little girl from our church. I decided on Tuesday night that I wanted to attempt to make Olivia a felt pizza. So, on Wednesday I got the supplies I needed and set to work. The initial pieces took a while to finish but I had fun while doing it. I am really happy with how the pizza turned out and can't wait to make more. Here are some photos of my first felt pizza!

Christmas gifts

I made some fun gifts for my nephews this year and I can't wait to make the same things for my daughter. For Michael and Andrew I the family memory game. I got a photo of each person, extracted their head in photoshop, put their name below their photo and then printed them on cardstock. I then took a box of cards and laminated the picture to the card in place of the number side of the card. I had to make my own boxes for their cards since they were too big to fit in the normal card box that they came in. I really am happy with how this turned out and will be making some for my kids soon too!

I also made Noah a felt board. I hope to add more pieces to this as he gets older. I think it's a great activity board and it travels easily and could be used as a quiet book too. I hope that he likes it and gets lots of use out of it. Now, I just need to make one for N for church!!

Pajamas

I made pajamas for my niece and nephews for Christmas this year. I had the idea when I was walking through the JoAnn fabrics near my house that was closing. All their fabric was on clearance because they wanted to get rid of everything rather than having to move it. I found this fabric and fell in love and thought it would make some great pj's for all the kiddos. I got a pattern and some help from a friend at church but once the first pair was done I was able to do the rest myself. It feels good to accomplish something like that and to be able to create something that people will wear. I still need to make some for my kids but at least I got the others done on time. I also really like doing the freezer paper stencils so I made "personalized" t-shirts as well. The kids really liked then but I missed seeing their faces when they opened their pj's! Maybe next time!
For A!For M!For NFor E!All the kids in their pj's!

handmade gifts

I made almost all of my own Christmas presents this year. It was fun and challenging at the same time. For hostess gifts and for the staff I made coasters. I love these easy, practical and fun to personalize coasters. I can't wait to make more from my stash of fabric.

I also made this magazine bowl for my friend and I want to make one for myself. I can't remember where I saw the idea but I loved the idea and it was pretty easy to execute!

gifts

I love that Amy lets me use her embroidery machine...or that she does some embroidery for me would be more accurate. I had her make these towels for Julie and Clif's wedding present. I love how they turned out. I also had her make some kitchen towels for some friends of ours who just bought their first home. I love homemade/handmade gifts, they just mean so much more than store bought items.